Biomechanical behavior and histological organization of the three-layered passive esophagus as a function of topography

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 477-490

  Stavropoulou, Eleni A ^a,b   Dafalias, Yannis F ^b,c   Sokolis, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

circumferential smooth muscle; Constitutive model; histology; longitudinal smooth muscle; mucosa submucosa; striated muscle; uniaxial tensile testing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; COLLAGEN CONTENT; LONGITUDINAL ARRANGEMENT; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MUCOSA-SUBMUCOSA; MUSCLE LAYERS; OBLIQUE ARRANGEMENT; ORTHOGONAL AXIS; SMOOTH MUSCLES; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; STRIATED MUSCLES; TISSUE RESPONSE; TRANSITION ZONES; TUBULAR SPECIMENS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE-TESTING; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS; ZERO-STRESS STATE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL SMOOTH MUSCLES; LONGITUDINAL SMOOTH MUSCLES; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TENSILE TESTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL; STRAIN ENERGY; TISSUE;

MUSCLE;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIN; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84862690485     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411912444073     Document Type: Article

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